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Patagonia
Last discussed Oct 19, 2026
Outdoor clothing and gear company known for environmental activism
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What Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond · Oct 19, 2026
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Masters of Scale · Jul 30, 2026
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Eric Ries · May 26, 2026
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Jared Diamond
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Praised: Sustainability focus, staff time off
vs: Contrasted with other tech and business leaders who lack a broader philosophy...
"The one that I admire as a person is Chouinard of Patagonia. For him, as with John Wooden, Patagonia is a model for life. He emphasized having his staff have time off. He emphasized Patagonia being sustainable."
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Masters of Scale
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Praised: High standards in ethical sourcing credited with changing entire industries
vs: Cited alongside Costco as a model for how ButcherBox could influence the broa...
"He talks about companies like Patagonia and Costco that because of their high standards in their sourcing, their ethical sourcing, they've changed entire industries."
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Y Combinator
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Used for: Early example of mission-controlled corporate structure
Praised: One of the first to implement this governance approach
"Patagonia sort of famously was one of the first to really do this"
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Eric Ries
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Used for: Example of perpetual purpose trust with purpose protector
Praised: Built-in checks and balances, purpose protector role
vs: Example of more stable structure than single entity governance
"Patagonia is governed with a purpose trust also. You have the trustees but then you also have someone whose job is to sue the trustees if they ever deviate from the mission."
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